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MIDI Control of Large Pipe Organs
By Bill Budenholzer

> From a message by Laurent Coray <laurent@octetdesign.com> -

> He is installing a 1800
> pipe/percussion theater organ, which he will use for playing silent
> movies and other shows.  He hired me to MIDI-ize his setup, so his
> instrument can be played live or via a computer.

Sounds like an interesting project. There at least 2 other companies
that I know of who offer a MIDI system for pipe organ and other
keyboard instruments.  The pipe organ systems however, are not entirely
compatible with the MIDI specs.  and do such obnoxious things as send
swell shutter positions as note on and note off messages (sheesh!
should be expression messages).

I'll be checking your web page and you might consider making it a
comercial product since there is so much interest in MIDIizing pipe
organs these days.

Bill Budenholzer
<bluemax@esm3max.esmrahd.com>
<bluemax@icon-stl.net>
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